Famous Quotes & Sayings

We've been sort of a mystery because we can do all three well, but we can't do them together. We've had a hard time of doing them all together. Like last weekend, we pitched well and played defense, but lost two of three games (against Kentucky). The one game we hit well and played defense and pitched, we won.

We tried to mix up our defense and got out and tried to play a little more zone. We're just not a zone-principled team.

We tried to keep the defense up on them and that led to getting our offense started. I was as happy about our defense during that stretch as I was about our offense. We tried to drive in, penetrate and then kick it out.

We talked about having to pick up our intensity on defense in order to make a difference in that game. I don?t think we really did that until the 14-minute mark in that second half, and when we did, that?s when we were able to go on a big run.

We talked about getting out and setting the tempo early, and that's what we did. We executed early and got some good shots. Our defense was pretty good also.

We talked about defense at halftime. When we went man-to-man in the second quarter they really struggled.

We just pretty much took them out of transition by getting back on defense and just hunkering down and putting a lot of guys in the paint.

We just played harder defense and did a better job in transition.

We just picked it up and started playing good belly-to-belly defense. We picked up the intensity and started making things happen.

We just need to keep working on our rebounding and defense.

We just need to execute better, play defense and get the shots to fall and we'll be alright.

We just needed to pick up the defense and the rebounding, and we did that.

We just wanted to play on him tight. But the main thing was we played together. When he drove, my teammates stepped up and stopped the ball. We played team defense on him.

We just talked about Cassie's entire role; it's just not on offense or defense. She played one of her better defense positioning games.

We just stopped running any offense at all. It was just a lack of execution. We stood flat-footed instead of being on the attack. And our defense just wasn't doing the job.

Robert Johnson

We just had to tighten up on defense and we had to finish everything we had. We had to keep them off the boards.

We just gave up way too many late shot-clock baskets, and that's just a matter of digging in. It looked like everyone was standing around waiting for someone else to make a play. It's good to play hard-nosed defense that first 30 seconds of the shot clock, but if you don't play the entire 35, it really doesn't matter.

We weren't strong enough, and they made savvy plays. Vincent is a great player, and the defense of their whole team was great.

Reggie Wayne

We weren't stressing on offense and worrying about what was wrong, ... We know we can take what the defense will give us, and we'll be all right.

Mack Brown

We weren't real proud of our run defense. We'll try to stop the run first (against Baylor). If you can't stop the run, you've got problems.

We were really focused tonight. We're playing to our strengths right now, which is pressure defense and fast-break offense.

There's no question, our defense is our strong point. Philip is just solid. He makes very few mistakes.

Lloyd Carr

There's no question it's going to be a different type of team. You don't lose two outstanding players like Navarre and Perry and immediately replace that kind of production, ... But you play to your strengths. If we can stay healthy, our defense is going to be better and I think our kicking game should be very solid. We'll just have to see how we evolve offensively.

Antawn Jamison

There's no secret about what we need to do. We know we can play better defense because we've done it at times this season. We just have to find a way to do it more often.

There's no doubt, ... When you can run the football, it sets up the pass. We have become more of a play-action offense because of these three guys. Last year, 90 percent was all drop-back. With L.D. we have gone to a lot more play-action and the defense has to respect that.

There's no doubt the strength of our team will be defense. We have a lot of great players on defense that have experience.

There's no doubt that they're going to be the table setters for us. They can do a lot of things. They can hit-and-run. They can bunt. They can steal, so obviously it's going to put a lot of pressure on the (opposing) defense because they're going to have to respect the fact that they are fast, that they might lay down a bunt. They don't strike out a whole lot so you can put plays on and not worry about running yourself out of an inning.

There's no doubt about it, this will be a field-position game and we're going to have to put their offense in a long field, ... They're a pretty explosive offense, with a lot of playmakers, and we have to make sure we give our defense an opportunity to make it hard on San Diego to move the ball.

There's no defense in pickup games, you just show what you got on offense.

There's no defense for turnovers in the backcourt that lead to easy baskets.

The tournament was good, but it's a little disappointing when you get the championship game and we kind of laid an egg today. We didn't quit, which was good, and we shot 15 of 17 from the foul line which was good. But our defense was a little suspect.

The transition defense starts it all, not giving up easy baskets. The players have taken pride in defense. And that's good to see.

I see someone who doesn't' show any fear about getting up there in a big-game situation. And at third base, we feel he can play good defense at the major league level.